(Forward) Anya Kamenetz - Shauna Harris of Danville, N.H., 15, is having the time of her life this summer at an IDF medical supply unit near Tel Aviv. For the past three summers Harris, along with her mother, has come to Israel to volunteer with Sar-El, a two-decade-old program that brings civilians from around the world to Israel to work on army bases. The number of American Jews visiting Israel has begun spiking upward this year after plummeting over the last two summers. Birthright Israel has about 3,000 American participants this summer, roughly twice its total last summer.
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